Pricing a small job

[gimp on fire]

THIS THREAD HAS REACHED ITS CONCLUSION, AND IF THAT PERSON WHO KEEPS TRYING TO KEEP IT ALIVE IN THE NAME OF HAVING AN ARGUMENT HADN'T RESPONDED YET AGAIN, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO DELETE ALL MY RELEVANT POSTS!

GOODBYE.

 

[jbonding]

how long do you think it will take? and how much do you want a day? that should give you the price.

 

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[breezer]

suggest you ask them to pay for the "materials" (show receipts) and do it for nothing, knowing you have made an old couple happy

as you said its not your forte

 

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[WoodYouLike]

Now, this is not my forte, but I could do a thorough job, I reckon, and they insist on paying me would you believe?!!!

Strange reaction than: for nothing I'll eat dirt first?
Helping out or making a buck, you're choice.
If they insist on paying you ask for around £ 85 a day (full day that is) and get it over with

 

[joe-90]

Refuse the job. You won't be as good as a pro and at £200 per day - you are more expensive.

BTW - what is your day job?



joe

 

[breezer]

*ahem*, 'do it for nothing'? I'd rather eat dirt.

Fact is, if it takes a week, I would have to do it in my own time, and cost me down time from work.

Sounds like he'll have to find someone else cheaper!

Thanks anyway, even if the original question has not really been answered.

Gimp

with that attitude i wonder if you are really capable, here have a mud pie

 

[jbonding]

that was a turn around want it, you sounded like a charitable bloke at first, then your willing to eat dirt for your elderly/incapable friend/associate. you say you could earn upto £200 a day, selling what?

 

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[kevplumb]

Well, in my regular job, I can earn up to around the £200 mark,

jeez i'm in the wrong job

 

[masona]

I don't think so unless you want to do 16 hrs a day

 

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[Softus]

Gone a bit off-topic this!

I never said I worked a handful of hours

To be fair GoF, you implied it by using the phrase "in my regular job".
16 hours is not a regular job.

While I'm here, I can't help observing that you asked "Anyone with suitable experience put me right...".

Effectively, if you took on this job, you would be training "on-the-job", and, as you yourself observed, you would be slow. That being the case, it would be unreasonable to charge anywhere close to a professional daily rate. There's nothing wrong with doing the job for a meagre amount, even for just the travelling costs, in order to learn.

The help you've been offered is considered advice, taking many things into account. It might not be what you wanted to hear, but it's certainly the correct and apposite advice.

 

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